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Should we have our Own Poetry Olympics?
20 Lines A Day
A Community of Writers and Photographers
July 27, 2012 at 1:41 pm
Tell me more.
July 27, 2012 at 1:48 pm
Sure, why not? What are the “rules?”
July 27, 2012 at 2:24 pm
Oh boy, what have I started 8^).
Give me a night to think…
July 27, 2012 at 2:26 pm
OK
July 27, 2012 at 1:55 pm
Love it.
July 27, 2012 at 1:58 pm
That is a brilliant idea! :-)
July 27, 2012 at 7:17 pm
poor guy is stumped now :)
July 28, 2012 at 7:27 pm
Ok,
How about 3 categories in keeping with the theme of the site:
- Poetry
- Prose
- Photography
(Interesting, 3 ‘P’ words).
If it looks like there is a ton of interest, we could split poetry into Rhyme, Free Verse & Haiku but that may be a bit much to Organize and vote on. I suggest that to make it easier for everyone to read everything we stick to the 20 lines or less format.
The Summer Olympics end August 12th so the deadline for submissions would be August 9th with 3 days for voting and we announce the medals on the 12th. I like Ann’s thumbs up voting on her contests but if someone else has a better idea for this please chime in. I’ll design and post graphic Gold, Sliver and Bronze medals for the prizes :-).
Please give feedback here and if it looks like the interest is there I’ll start 3 lines for the entries.
Citius, Altius, Fortius,
Norm
July 28, 2012 at 8:39 pm
Let’s go for the gold!
July 31, 2012 at 11:23 am
There hasn’t been much feedback and there seem to be a bunch of other contests going so I think I’ll drop the idea for now.